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Admin - Hello and welcome to MomHouston's diet and health live chat with two experts from Baylor College of Medicine.

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Admin - We have with us today Dr Rebecca Reeves, an assistant professor and registered dietitian and we have Dr Sherry Wang, an assistant professor of Internal Medicine.

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Admin - Welcome to both of you! Thanks for coming!

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Rebecca Reeves, DrPH, RD - Hello, thank you for having me.

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Dr. Wang - Good afternoon, it's nice to be joining you today.

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Rebecca Reeves, DrPH, RD - I have been conducting clinical studies/trials in obesity at BCM for over 20 years.

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Admin - Dr Reeves, what in your opinion is the best thing for a person who is trying to lose weight to do?

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[Comment From jb]
Sure nice to be here... and to experiment with coveritlive. Is there any other media that will be associated with this cil?

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Rebecca Reeves, DrPH, RD - First of all, understand what it is that you're eating. Understand your portion sizes. Understand how frequently you're eating. Do an assessment of what you are doing throughout the day; including your physical activity. Find out what you want to change about yourself and then take small steps to improve your behavior.

One of the best techniques for changing behavior is keeping a food diary so that you know what it is you're eating and the amount of food you are eating throughout the day. This will help you define a goal.

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Admin - @ jb. No there will be no other media associated with this today.

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[Comment From Francisca]
What do you think is most important when it comes to weight loss, diet or exercise?

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Dr. Wang - In my opinion, it's similar to Dr. Reeves, each person needs to examine what areas they are looking to improve. If they feel they are meeting their exercise requirement, perhaps look into their caloric intake.

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Rebecca Reeves, DrPH, RD - I don't feel you can say one is more important than the other. There are many factors that contribute to obesity and eating inappropriately and lack of exercise are two of the major ones.

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[Comment From Stephen]
What are some easy protein sources for someone with little time to cook at night? I eat peanut butter at lunch to add some to my diet. I run 50+ miles per week and think my protein intake is not where it should be.

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[Comment From Cory]
Do you subscribe to the "good food vs. bad food" dichotomy or does it really just come down to 'calories in

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Rebecca Reeves, DrPH, RD - You can always use meal replacements with a higher protein content. Cottage cheese is also a good choice. Adding nonfat, dry milk powder to mixed dishes can be helpful (mashed potatoes, soup, etc).

Drinking milk with your meals is very important and an easy way to include protein without cooking.

Basically, you only need .8 grams of protein per kilogram of body weight. If you divide your weight by 2.2 you get your kilograms and multiply that by .8 and you can determine your protein goal.

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Dr. Wang - Cory - I do not think there is good vs. bad. Making the best day-to-day food choices is optimal. Choose foods that have the most nutritional content for calorie content. This often means choosing less processed foods.

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[Comment From Nicki]
I've been doing South Beach, which isn't fascist about cutting out carbs but is pretty strict. Are there any downsides to this diet?

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[Comment From Chip]
I am an overweight middle aged dad who struggles with food choices. Although I am making progress I don't want my daughter to struggle like me. She's 2 years old, how can I ingrain good habits for her in the environment that I have difficulty with?

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Rebecca Reeves, DrPH, RD - One downside of South Beach is that it becomes difficult for people to adhere to this low carbohydrate regimine for a long period of time. They often give up and go back to the way they were eating originally.

Take what you've learned from the South Beach diet and individualize it to your lifestyle. Incorporate the facets that work for you and keep your eye on the scale.

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